2020 Súper TC2000 explained

The 2020 Súper TC2000 Championship was the 42nd season of Turismo Competición 2000 and the 9th season of Súper TC2000, the premier touring car category of Argentina. It started in September 2020 and finished in February 2021 having been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. Matías Rossi won the championship, his second of the Súper TC2000 era and fifth overall.

Teams and drivers

Entrant	Car		Driver	Rounds
Monti Motorsport	Chevrolet Cruze	51	José Manuel Urcera	1-10
		33	José Manuel Sapag	11-12
Ambrogio Racing	Renault Fluence	1	Leonel Pernía	All
		28	Matías Milla	1-2, 4-12
		30	Tomás Gagliardi Genné	All
		83	Facundo Ardusso	All
Pro Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	2	Bernardo Llaver	All
		86	Agustín Canapino	All
Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina	Toyota Corolla	7	Hernán Palazzo	1-2, 9-10
		11	Rubens Barrichello	All
		17	Matías Rossi	All
		57	Franco Vivian	3-7, 11-12
		68	Julián Santero	1, 3-12
Equipo FDC	Citroën C4 Lounge	22	Juan José Garriz	All
		24	Matías Cravero	3-5
		25	Marcelo Ciarrocchi	All
		33	José Manuel Sapag	1-2, 6-9
RAM Racing Factory	Honda Civic	5	Fabián Yannantuoni	All
		9	Nicolás Moscardini	All
		34	Juan Ángel Rosso	All
		35	Diego Ciantini	9-0
		111	Juan Manuel Silva	1-7, 11-12
Fiat Racing Team STC2000	Fiat Cronos	21	Matías Muñoz Marchesi	1-3, 6
		63	Franco Girolami	1-3, 6-8
		64	Bruno Armellini	1-3, 6-8
Midas Carrera Team	Toyota Corolla	14	Ricardo Risatti	All
		133	Valentín Aguirre	1-10
		35	Diego Ciantini	11-12
TS Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	67	Nicolás Traut	7
Fineschi Racing	Fiat Cronos	36	Damián Fineschi	11
Source:^[1] ^[2]

Changes

• The two main novelties for the season were the arrival of the private Midas Carrera Team and Monti Motorsport teams.^{[3] [4]} Also, the Citroën subsidiary officially stopped supporting the FDC team.^[5]
• Julián Santero missed the second race for positive COVID-19, while Matías Milla didn't participate in the third for the same reason. In both cases, they were not replaced by another driver in those races.^{[6] [7]}
• Hernán Palazzo stopped racing for Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina in October and was replaced by Franco Vivian.^[8] Palazzo returned at ninth race and Vivian at eleventh race.
• Matías Cravero replaced José Manuel Sapag when competed in WTCR and TCR Europe.^[9]
• The Fiat Racing Team STC2000 didn't participate in the fourth and fifth races due to several cases of COVID-19 within it.^[10]
• Nicolás Traut participated in the seventh race of the year.^[11]
• Fiat Racing Team STC2000 did not participate in the 10 and 11 races.
• In race 11, José Manuel Sapag replaced José Manuel Urcera (in Monti Motorsport) and Diego Ciantini replaced Valentín Aguirre (in Midas Carrera Team).^{[12] [13]} Damián Fineschi participated in this race with a Fiat from the Fineschi Racing.^[14]

Calendar

Race	Circuit	Date
1	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 8), Buenos Aires	September 20 2020
2	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 9), Buenos Aires	September 27 2020
3	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén (Layout No. 3), Córdoba	October 25 2020
4	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Córdoba	October 31 2020
5		November 1 2020
6	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 6), Buenos Aires	November 29 2020
7	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 7), Buenos Aires	December 5 2020
8		December 6 2020
9	Autódromo Parque Ciudad de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto	January 10 2021
10	Autódromo Ciudad de Paraná, Paraná	January 17 2021
11	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 8), Buenos Aires	February 7 2021
12	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez (Layout No. 6), Buenos Aires	February 14 2021
Source:^[15] ^[16] ^[17]

Race calendar and results

Race		Pole Position	Qualifying race	Fastest lap	Race winner	Team winner	Car winner
1	Buenos Aires 1	Matías Rossi	Matías Rossi	Agustín Canapino	Agustín Canapino	Chevrolet YPF	Chevrolet Cruze
2	Buenos Aires 2	Facundo Ardusso	Leonel Pernía	Matías Rossi	Facundo Ardusso	Renault Sport Castrol Team	Renault Fluence
3	Córdoba 1	Matías Rossi	Bernardo Llaver	Bernardo Llaver	Bernardo Llaver	Chevrolet YPF	Chevrolet Cruze
4	Córdoba 2	José Manuel Urcera	-	José Manuel Urcera	Matías Rossi	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
5		Matías Rossi		Ricardo Risatti	Matías Rossi	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
6	Buenos Aires 3	Facundo Ardusso	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
7	Buenos Aires 4	Julián Santero	-	Matías Rossi	Matías Rossi	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
8		Julián Santero		Julián Santero	Julián Santero	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
9	Río Cuarto	Julián Santero	Leonel Pernía	Leonel Pernía	Leonel Pernía	Renault Sport Castrol Team	Renault Fluence
10	Paraná	Leonel Pernía	Leonel Pernía	Matías Rossi	Matías Rossi	Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia	Toyota Corolla
11	Buenos Aires 5	Agustín Canapino	Bernardo Llaver	Leonel Pernía	Agustín Canapino	Chevrolet YPF	Chevrolet Cruze
12	Buenos Aires 6	Julián Santero	-| Agustín Canapino| Agustín Canapino|Chevrolet YPF|Chevrolet Cruze|-! colspan="8" |Source:^[18] ^[19] |} Championship standings Pos. Driver BUA BUA AGR AGR BUA BUA RCU PAR BUA BUA Points 1 Matías Rossi 1 2 6 2 6 4 1 1 11 16† 1 2 3 2 12 1 5 5 3 167 (192) 2 Agustín Canapino 2 1 7 4 7 6 8 2 12 2 2 4 8 4 DSQ 3 3 1 1 150 (177) 3 Julián Santero 5 3 3 3 2 Ret 5 4 Ret 1 5 9 7 14† 11 6 2 107 (115) 4 Leonel Pernía 6 17† 1 Ret 5 5 3 8 7 12 Ret 15 1 1 1 13† 2 13 4 99 (100) 5 Facundo Ardusso 3 4 8 1 8 7 4 9 16 7 3 16 9 5 8 6 6 2 5 96 (113) 6 Bernardo Llaver 7 6 Ret Ret 1 1 9 15 6 DSQ 12 Ret Ret 13 5 Ret 1 3 7 67 7 Rubens Barrichello 18 8 DSQ 8 13 10 17† 11 1 1 6 7 16 Ret 6 5 10 16 6 64 8 Matías Milla 8 16† 2 3 10 Ret 2 DSQ 5 5 17 Ret 13 10 7 4 8 55 9 Ricardo Risatti 10 5 10 Ret 4 2 14† 3 13 9 7 8 7 DSQ Ret 12† 15 7 14 47 (49) 10 Nicolás Moscardini 4 Ret 5 Ret 19 11 Ret 12 4 3 Ret 6 14 10 4 11 4 10 10 34 (35) 11 Marcelo Ciarrocchi 19 Ret 13 12 11 Ret 12 7 17 18 Ret Ret 2 3 9 4 19 17 Ret 32 12 Tomás Gagliardi Genné 12 11 9 6 16 15 6 5 9 5 17† 11 11 8 10 7 20 15 12 32 13 Franco Vivian 2 12 5 4 20 8 10 9 9 8 13 29 14 José Manuel Urcera 20 12 11 Ret 20† 13 Ret Ret 15 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 2 26 15 Fabián Yannantuoni 23† 14 Ret 7 10 8 13 6 10 6 8 12 12 15† 11 9 18 12 9 26 16 Juan Manuel Silva 16 7 4 5 9 9 16 10 Ret 10 11 14 17 18† 11 20 17 Valentín Aguirre 13 15 14 13 Ret Ret 15 14 8 Ret 4 3 Ret DSQ 14 Ret 18 18 Franco Girolami 9 Ret 18† 9 15 DSQ 14 Ret 9 10 4 6 14 19 Juan Ángel Rosso 11 Ret 3 Ret 12 16 7 16 3 Ret 13 13 13 11 17 Ret 13 11 17 12 20 Diego Ciantini 6 7 3 Ret 14 9 16 11 21 Juan José Garriz 15 13 17 10 17 18 11 13 18 17 14 Ret Ret 12 15 8 16 14 15 4 22 Matías Muñoz Marchesi 14 9 12 Ret 14 19† 19 11 2 23 Bruno Armellini 21 10 16 14† Ret 17 Ret 13 15 17 15 14 1 - José Manuel Sapag 22 Ret 15 11 21 14 16† Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 18† 0 - Matías Cravero 18 14 Ret 17 0 - José Hernán Palazzo 17 DSQ Ret Ret 17 Ret 16 Ret 0 - Nicolás Traut Ret Ret 0 Drivers ineligible for championship points - Damián Fineschi 12 Ret 0 Teams' championship Pos Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing YPF Infinia 334 2 Renault Sport Castrol Team 259 3 Chevrolet YPF 217 4 Puma Energy Honda Racing 95 5 Midas Carrera Team 67 6 FDC 36 7 Monti Motorsport 26 8 Fiat Racing Team STC2000 17 NC TS Racing 0 NC Fineschi Racing 0 Source:^[20] Manufacturers' championship Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 285 2 Chevrolet 217 3 Renault 195 4 Citroën 36 5 Honda 32 6 Fiat 16 Source: External links ]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Temporada 2020: equipos y pilotos - TyC Sports. 2020-12-19. www.tycsports.com. es.
2. Web site: Regueira. Leo. 2020-04-02. Numeración, equipos y pilotos del Súper TC2000. 2020-12-19. Carburando. es.
3. Web site: 2020-03-16. Privateer Toyota team Midas Carrera confirm Risatti and Aguirre. 2020-12-19. TouringCarTimes. en-US.
4. Web site: 2020-03-18. José Manuel Urcera joins new team Monti Motorsport. 2020-12-19. TouringCarTimes. en-US.
5. Web site: 2019-11-22. Citroën announce Super TC 2000 exit. 2020-12-19. TouringCarTimes. en-US.
6. Web site: 2020-09-26. Julián Santero pulls out of STC2000 weekend after positive COVID-19 test. 2020-12-19. TouringCarTimes. en-US.
7. Web site: 2020-10-22. Matías Milla withdraws from Córdoba after positive COVID-19 test. 2020-12-19. TouringCarTimes. en-US.
8. Web site: 2020-10-08. Franco Vivian replaces Hernán Palazzo at Toyota. 2020-12-19. TouringCarTimes. en-US.
9. Web site: ¿Quién reemplazará a Sapag en el Súper TC2000? + Deportes. 2020-12-19. Los Andes. es.
10. Web site: 2020-10-29. Fiat no estará en la doble fecha del Súper TC 2000. 2020-12-19. Diario Río Negro. es-ES.
11. Web site: Rose. Javier Delle. 2020-12-03. Traut prueba en La Plata, retorna este fin de semana.. 2020-12-19. Carburando. es.
12. Web site: Sapag por Urcera para Buenos Aires - TyC Sports. 2021-02-10. www.tycsports.com. es.
13. Web site: Ciantini podría reemplazar a Aguirre en el Midas - TyC Sports. 2021-02-10. www.tycsports.com. es.
14. Web site: Fineschi vuelve al Súper TC20000 - TyC Sports. 2021-02-10. www.tycsports.com. es.
15. Web site: Super TC2000 - NOTICIAS / Confirmación de calendario. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200921181659/http://www.supertc2000.com.ar/noticias.php?accion=detalle&id=54050 . 2020-09-21 . supertc2000.com.ar.
16. Web site: Super TC2000 - CALENDARIO 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170521051434/http://supertc2000.com.ar:80/carreras.php?evento=calendario . 2017-05-21 . supertc2000.com.ar.
17. Web site: Duhalde. Francisco. 2020-11-18. El Súper TC2000 definió los dibujos que usará en Buenos Aires. 2020-12-19. Carburando. es.
18. Web site: Super TC2000, Argentina 2020 standings Driver Database. 2020-12-19. www.driverdb.com.
19. Web site: Super TC2000 - RESULTADOS. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170521051509/http://supertc2000.com.ar:80/institucional.php?accion=resultados . 2017-05-21 . supertc2000.com.ar.
20. Web site: Super TC2000 - POSICIONES 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170521051730/http://supertc2000.com.ar:80/estadisticas.php?accion=posiciones . 2017-05-21 . supertc2000.com.ar.